In the Eye of The Storm — Catalonia’s Police Debate Who to Obey

On October 1 Catalonia’s 17,000-member regional police force faced a dilemma: which government should it obey?The one in its backyard in Barcelona or the more distant central government in Madrid, which demanded the force collaborate with national police and the Guardia Civil in trying to prevent the separatists’ independence referendum, which the Spanish government declared illegal?For the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan regional force, the whole experience was emotionally wrenching...